单选题 My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling 1 , but I always knew he was 2 . He never criticized us, but used 3 to bring out our best. He"d say, "If you pour water on flowers, they flourish. If you don"t give them water, they die. " I 4 as a child I said something 5 about somebody, and my father said, " 6 time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it"s a reflection of you. " He explained that if I looked for the best 7 people, I would get the best 8 From then on I"ve always tried to 9 the principle in my life and later in running my company.
Dad"s also always been very 10 . At 15, I started a magazine. It was 11 a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a 12 : stay in School or leave to work on my magazine.
I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision, 13 any good father would. When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, "Richard, when I was 23, my dad 14 me to go into law. And I"ve 15 regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist, 16 I didn"t pursue my 17 You know what you want. Go fulfill it. "
As 18 turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national 19 for young people in the U. K. My wife and I have two children, and I" d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad 20 me.